Grant-Heslov Movie Reviews

this is a ok film it is entertaining and kind of smart it is a twist on the original but if u take into account that Schwarzenegger is in it and the fact that his films are usually terribble this is great maybe his best but besides that it is just another good action film

I loved Revenge of the Nerds part1. Part 2 was OK, but could have been better. By Part 3 I am saying to myself "WHY?" The story line is so off the wall, if you can call that a story line. A Rapping Elvis wanabe named Toyota! Then at the end they try and push that guy off as Gilbert, PLEASE!!!! We all know were the guy who played Gilbert went, have you seen ER? Not even a good number of the original cast memembers making a small one minute showing at the end could save this one!!

INTRODUCTION:
The first two Revenge Of The Nerds films were comedy masterpieces. And in 1992, FOX tried to bring the series into the nineties - with extremely mixed results. Read on for my review of Revenge Of The Nerds III: The Next Generation.

BASIC PLOT:
Ten years have passed since the first Revenge Of The Nerds film. Lewis (Robert Carradine) is now head of the Adams College computer department, and is married to Betty (Julia Montgomery), the cheerleader he met in the first film. Lewis' nephew and his friend have begun attending Adams college, which has changed quite a bit from its days in the eighties. The nerds now pretty much run the place, and the Alpha Betas even suck up to them for help when they need it. However, an Adams alumni sees this, and thinks it's disgraceful. Soon enough, Stan Gable (Ted McGinley) joins forces with this guy, and decides once again to make life a living hell for the nerds (he just became dean of the school). And when the new nerds need to hire an attorney, guess who they call? Everyone's favorite loser - Booger (Curtis Armstrong.) The film provides many laughs from start to finish.

FILM OPINIONS:
Bringing the series into the nineties was a questionable move. First of all, I was hoping to see more of the classic characters, not just Lewis, Betty, and Booger. A few of them make cameos at the end, but that just isn't enough. The new characters (Toyota in particular) are quite funny, but I still like the classic characters more. What really makes me mad is the writers can't seem to get their timeline straight. Stan says he was from the Adams College class of 1980, but he was still attending in 1984 (the year the first film came out, and according to the second film, the year it took place.) If this is a 1992 film and ten years have passed since the first film, that would mean the first film happened in 1982, which doesn't work out. Sure, it's a comedy, but plotholes are a problem in ALL genres of films and TV shows. This was a subpar attempt to bring the series into the nineties, but it's still pretty funny. But rather than buying this, hold off and see if it gets the DVD treatment the first two films did.

OVERALL:
Though this is a funny film, it's downright weak compared to its predecessors from the eighties. Sure, it's not the comedy classic those two films were, but it's worth watching at least once through.

In a nutshell:

You MUST buy this collection!!!

Why, you ask? Because we all know that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th installments of this movie are widely regarded as a waste of film (be assured that I personally don't feel that way, however). If you don't pick 'em up now, you may never have a chance to. There's a DVD with 1 & 2 on it, grab that as well. You'll be archiving our beloved past and the inimitable franchise that is/was: Revenge of the Nerds!

Movies like THE SCORPION KING are great fun to watch. I doubt that anyone really expected to see a movire that was plot or character driven. This film had two purposes: to be the latest reincarnation of the spear and sandal spectacular that Steve Reeves popularized back in the 60s and to showcase the muscularity and bashing prowesss of Hollywood's newest action hero, the Rock (Dwayne Johnson). Part of the fun of THE SCORPION KING is to count the number or times director Chuck Russell borrows (ahem) from previous action films. Besides the aforementioned Steve Reeves epics, Russell uses scenes straight out of the Indiana Jones trilogy and THE MUMMY, which also had The Rock in a bit part.

The plot is nonsense of course. Ditto for costuming, architecture, and historical accuracy. But no one goes to see action films of ancient empires to quibble over anachronisms. The Rock is Mathayas, a hired assassin whose job it is to kill a sorcerer. Unfortunately, for his mission, the sorcerer turns out to be a sexy, leggy sorceress (Kelly Hu), with whom Mathayas falls predictably in love. Along the way, there are sword fights every two or three minutes. The special effects are first rate, and despite the legions of soldiers killed, no one really seems to possess any traits that would cause one to mark his passing with true emotion. In movies like this, the fun of watching the emergence of a new action star unfortunately is built on the oldest of Hollywood's gimmicks: the dispatching of hordes of extras in so a bloodless manner that the viewer soon overlooks the rather quaint notion that extras are people too. If Hollywood ever learns to build up an action hero without resorting to gratuitous bloodless violence, then it will be the first time for that.

One is often dubious when a star of some other profession leverages their popularity to enter the acting field. Legion are the failures, and few (though sometimes spectacular) the successes. I did not see this one in theaters, and indeed wouldn't have seen it at all if a friend of mine had not insisted.

I was wrong to avoid it. The Rock certainly demonstrates more range of acting ability than Schwarzenegger did in HIS early career, a comparison both apt and inevitable as there's more than coincidental similarity between the Scorpion King and Conan the Barbarian. The main villain is also interesting -- strongly, in fact, reminiscent of Russell Crowe's Maximus gone bad, a smart and resourceful warrior who may not have the sheer physical strength of someone like the Rock but whose speed and skill far outmatch virtually any opponent.

I don't know how much influence the Rock had over the production, but they avoided one of the major pitfalls of movies of this sort: making the star-vehicle hero TOO good. The "Scorpion King" is tough, yes, good at what he does, yes, but his victories are often hard-fought. They also avoid too much humor without becoming grim. All in all, a well-balanced, fun action movie. Not great cinema, but a lot better than I would have thought.

Right when the movie starts, a fat guy gets nailed in the head with a sharp object. You know that this movie is only about the action and nothing else. The Rock is Mathayus, a bounty hunter who is targeted by an evil kingdom and a hot woman (Kelly Hu) whom she knows is a god. Why? I don't remember. But, just forget the plot, it's all about the WWE format. The Rock vs. Michael Clarke Duncan in a no DQ match that lasts five minutes! It was almost like a table match. It would've been great if Bubba Ray Dudley walked by and screamed, 'get the tables!!' Body slams and all, "The Great One" raises his eyebrow for the people. You know he saves the day and becomes a king, duh. He's "The Scorpion King." After watching this movie, the heavyweight championship isn't important anymore. The Rock should pursue an action movie career and give somebody a spine buster or rock bottom sometime. Watch "The Scorpion King" for entertainment only. If you're looking for a story and some kind of meaning, watch "Conan the Barbarian." Although, they're pretty similar.

Movies like THE SCORPION KING are great fun to watch. I doubt that anyone really expected to see a movire that was plot or character driven. This film had two purposes: to be the latest reincarnation of the spear and sandal spectacular that Steve Reeves popularized back in the 60s and to showcase the muscularity and bashing prowesss of Hollywood's newest action hero, the Rock (Dwayne Johnson). Part of the fun of THE SCORPION KING is to count the number or times director Chuck Russell borrows (ahem) from previous action films. Besides the aforementioned Steve Reeves epics, Russell uses scenes straight out of the Indiana Jones trilogy and THE MUMMY, which also had The Rock in a bit part.

The plot is nonsense of course. Ditto for costuming, architecture, and historical accuracy. But no one goes to see action films of ancient empires to quibble over anachronisms. The Rock is Mathayas, a hired assassin whose job it is to kill a sorcerer. Unfortunately, for his mission, the sorcerer turns out to be a sexy, leggy sorceress (Kelly Hu), with whom Mathayas falls predictably in love. Along the way, there are sword fights every two or three minutes. The special effects are first rate, and despite the legions of soldiers killed, no one really seems to possess any traits that would cause one to mark his passing with true emotion. In movies like this, the fun of watching the emergence of a new action star unfortunately is built on the oldest of Hollywood's gimmicks: the dispatching of hordes of extras in so a bloodless manner that the viewer soon overlooks the rather quaint notion that extras are people too. If Hollywood ever learns to build up an action hero without resorting to gratuitous bloodless violence, then it will be the first time for that.

One is often dubious when a star of some other profession leverages their popularity to enter the acting field. Legion are the failures, and few (though sometimes spectacular) the successes. I did not see this one in theaters, and indeed wouldn't have seen it at all if a friend of mine had not insisted.

I was wrong to avoid it. The Rock certainly demonstrates more range of acting ability than Schwarzenegger did in HIS early career, a comparison both apt and inevitable as there's more than coincidental similarity between the Scorpion King and Conan the Barbarian. The main villain is also interesting -- strongly, in fact, reminiscent of Russell Crowe's Maximus gone bad, a smart and resourceful warrior who may not have the sheer physical strength of someone like the Rock but whose speed and skill far outmatch virtually any opponent.

I don't know how much influence the Rock had over the production, but they avoided one of the major pitfalls of movies of this sort: making the star-vehicle hero TOO good. The "Scorpion King" is tough, yes, good at what he does, yes, but his victories are often hard-fought. They also avoid too much humor without becoming grim. All in all, a well-balanced, fun action movie. Not great cinema, but a lot better than I would have thought.

Right when the movie starts, a fat guy gets nailed in the head with a sharp object. You know that this movie is only about the action and nothing else. The Rock is Mathayus, a bounty hunter who is targeted by an evil kingdom and a hot woman (Kelly Hu) whom she knows is a god. Why? I don't remember. But, just forget the plot, it's all about the WWE format. The Rock vs. Michael Clarke Duncan in a no DQ match that lasts five minutes! It was almost like a table match. It would've been great if Bubba Ray Dudley walked by and screamed, 'get the tables!!' Body slams and all, "The Great One" raises his eyebrow for the people. You know he saves the day and becomes a king, duh. He's "The Scorpion King." After watching this movie, the heavyweight championship isn't important anymore. The Rock should pursue an action movie career and give somebody a spine buster or rock bottom sometime. Watch "The Scorpion King" for entertainment only. If you're looking for a story and some kind of meaning, watch "Conan the Barbarian." Although, they're pretty similar.

Talk about things on the endangered species list, what about the good old-fashioned "B" movie? You remember, the type of movie you would go see on a Saturday afternoon where the faces of the actors are more memorable than their names, nobody seems overly concerned about the gapping holes in the plot, and there is a thrilling climax. It is hard to find a good "B" movie nowadays ("good" being a relative if not totally ironic term), but "Congo" sure fits the bill.

First, look at the cast. Laura Linney as Dr. Karen Ross has the most impressive body of work in film, but she is certainly the most atypical "heroine" to be seen in an action film for a while (Her secret? The good doctor knows how to pack for every occasion). I am sure I have seen Dylan Walsh, who plays Dr. Peter Elliot, in something else, but I cannot name you the film. Ernie Hudson as "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly is still probably best known as the non-comedian Ghostbuster, and Tim Curry gets to engage in monumental exaggerated acting as Herkermer Homolka the fortune hunter. Actually, it is Curry's performance alone that should key you in to the fact you are not supposed to take this film seriously (although I am sure Michael Crichton's novel was probably not this comic).

The plot has to try and keep up with the four different agendas of these main characters. Dr. Ross wants to find out what happened to her ex-fiancé, who disappeared in the jungle. Dr. Elliot wants to return Amy, a domesticated gorilla he has talk to "speak" using sign language and sophisticated technology, to her home in the jungle. Homolka is looking for the lost diamond mine of King Solomon, which is located somewhere in the jungle. Meanwhile, Mr. Kelly just wants to get everybody out of the jungle alive. The payoff for all these plot lines is a climax in which about a half-dozen independently unbelievable things happen within the space of about five minutes to allow some of our heroes to survive. At that point, plot holes seem the least of your problems as a viewer.

"Congo" is also one of those movies where you can have fun recognizing bits and pieces of your favorite movies crammed here and there into this one (e.g., the sentinel guns from "Aliens"). There is even one of those scenes where everybody starts singing a song together that has been popping up in so many films lately. This is a movie where that thing on top of your shoulder is there for the sole purpose of having a place to put your popcorn, because this is not a thinking person's film. Every once in a while you need to see a "B" movie and "Congo" fits the bill by that standard. If you were expecting a great film, then you are just going to be bitterly disappointed. But if you are sitting in bed going through one box of tissues after another, a film like this is just what the doctor ordered.

Reminiscent of those Saturday matinee serials, Congo is an adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley. I have read the book before and it's quite different from the film. Many regard this as the worst film adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel but I don't think so. Marshall seemed to be heading for trashy fun when he directed the film and that's exactly what the audience gets.

The plot begins with promise. An expedition in the virunga region of the Congo travel to Mount Mukenko in search of a diamond that will enhance a large company called Travicom. However the entire group is slaughtered by what seems to be a gorilla. Now, a group led by Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), and Karen Ross (Laura Linney) head to the Congo to renew the search for the diamond and find out what happened to the other expedition.

While Crichton's novel was full of nail-biting tension, Marshall and Stanley go more for the light-hearted and offer some moments of humor. That's not to say there's no tension. There's plenty of it in the last half hour of the film not to mention a bit of gory violence that involves a thrown decaptitated head.

The action sequences aren't bad. They aren't up to par with Indiana Jones but they still maintain excitement and tension. The performances in this film are borderline camp. None of the actors are ever really serious until they encounter the killer apes that created the original expedition massacre.

For a film that was clearly disliked by audiences and critics (although Roger Ebert found it to be good trash) it certainly did well at the box office. If you haven't seen this film I would say to watch it expecting a fun action/adventure that's not to be taken seriously.

Director Frank Marshall obviously didn't want us to take this movie seriously. "Congo" is one of those "B" movies from the fifties where you went to the matinee, stayed all day for the double feature, threw popcorn at your friends or enemies, and occasionally ate candy off the floor. Oh, yes, and you'd watch the movie during the good parts. This movie is so unabashedly "bad", it's good!
Laura Linney---oh, the work of this fine young actress. The Oscar-nominated actress (You Can Count on Me) brings life to her role as the stuffy computer girl, just like she has in films like "Primal Fear," "The Mothman Prophecies", and her current success, "Mystic River."
Dylan Walsh---capitalizing on his youthful face, those wonderfully curly locks, and his compact yet rugged physique, Walsh brings a macho sincerity to his role, and underplays his manliness in fine fettle. Should see more of him in meatier roles. (He did a fine supporting turn in "Blood Work.")

Tim Curry--oh, you should be so ashamed at how awful you are in this movie. The accent is like Boris Badenov! Tsk, tsk...
Ernie Hudson---looked like a thin man's version of Barry White, and even affected at times a British accent. I still remember you from "Ghostbusters" and the delightfully hammy "Hand That Rocks the Cradle."
Joe Don Baker--still "Walking Tall" after all these years. Never accused of being an actor, he is still a presence.
"Evil Dead's" Bruce Campbell gets a brief cameo in the beginning, and manages to come across as the stultified hero once again. Watch for Joe Pantoliano and John Hawkes in brief roles.
The music by Jerry Goldsmith is beautiful as is the African vistas.
It's not a great movie, but is a fun one. My favorite scene: Dylan Walsh wakes up and finds something on his body and goes out and asks someone to take it off. It's a leech, and when Lauras Linney volunteers, you can see that boyish naivete come to fore!
Fun.

Talk about things on the endangered species list, what about the good old-fashioned "B" movie? You remember, the type of movie you would go see on a Saturday afternoon where the faces of the actors are more memorable than their names, nobody seems overly concerned about the gapping holes in the plot, and there is a thrilling climax. It is hard to find a good "B" movie nowadays ("good" being a relative if not totally ironic term), but "Congo" sure fits the bill.

First, look at the cast. Laura Linney as Dr. Karen Ross has the most impressive body of work in film, but she is certainly the most atypical "heroine" to be seen in an action film for a while (Her secret? The good doctor knows how to pack for every occasion). I am sure I have seen Dylan Walsh, who plays Dr. Peter Elliot, in something else, but I cannot name you the film. Ernie Hudson as "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly is still probably best known as the non-comedian Ghostbuster, and Tim Curry gets to engage in monumental exaggerated acting as Herkermer Homolka the fortune hunter. Actually, it is Curry's performance alone that should key you in to the fact you are not supposed to take this film seriously (although I am sure Michael Crichton's novel was probably not this comic).

The plot has to try and keep up with the four different agendas of these main characters. Dr. Ross wants to find out what happened to her ex-fiancé, who disappeared in the jungle. Dr. Elliot wants to return Amy, a domesticated gorilla he has talk to "speak" using sign language and sophisticated technology, to her home in the jungle. Homolka is looking for the lost diamond mine of King Solomon, which is located somewhere in the jungle. Meanwhile, Mr. Kelly just wants to get everybody out of the jungle alive. The payoff for all these plot lines is a climax in which about a half-dozen independently unbelievable things happen within the space of about five minutes to allow some of our heroes to survive. At that point, plot holes seem the least of your problems as a viewer.

"Congo" is also one of those movies where you can have fun recognizing bits and pieces of your favorite movies crammed here and there into this one (e.g., the sentinel guns from "Aliens"). There is even one of those scenes where everybody starts singing a song together that has been popping up in so many films lately. This is a movie where that thing on top of your shoulder is there for the sole purpose of having a place to put your popcorn, because this is not a thinking person's film. Every once in a while you need to see a "B" movie and "Congo" fits the bill by that standard. If you were expecting a great film, then you are just going to be bitterly disappointed. But if you are sitting in bed going through one box of tissues after another, a film like this is just what the doctor ordered.

Reminiscent of those Saturday matinee serials, Congo is an adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley. I have read the book before and it's quite different from the film. Many regard this as the worst film adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel but I don't think so. Marshall seemed to be heading for trashy fun when he directed the film and that's exactly what the audience gets.

The plot begins with promise. An expedition in the virunga region of the Congo travel to Mount Mukenko in search of a diamond that will enhance a large company called Travicom. However the entire group is slaughtered by what seems to be a gorilla. Now, a group led by Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), and Karen Ross (Laura Linney) head to the Congo to renew the search for the diamond and find out what happened to the other expedition.

While Crichton's novel was full of nail-biting tension, Marshall and Stanley go more for the light-hearted and offer some moments of humor. That's not to say there's no tension. There's plenty of it in the last half hour of the film not to mention a bit of gory violence that involves a thrown decaptitated head.

The action sequences aren't bad. They aren't up to par with Indiana Jones but they still maintain excitement and tension. The performances in this film are borderline camp. None of the actors are ever really serious until they encounter the killer apes that created the original expedition massacre.

For a film that was clearly disliked by audiences and critics (although Roger Ebert found it to be good trash) it certainly did well at the box office. If you haven't seen this film I would say to watch it expecting a fun action/adventure that's not to be taken seriously.

Director Frank Marshall obviously didn't want us to take this movie seriously. "Congo" is one of those "B" movies from the fifties where you went to the matinee, stayed all day for the double feature, threw popcorn at your friends or enemies, and occasionally ate candy off the floor. Oh, yes, and you'd watch the movie during the good parts. This movie is so unabashedly "bad", it's good!
Laura Linney---oh, the work of this fine young actress. The Oscar-nominated actress (You Can Count on Me) brings life to her role as the stuffy computer girl, just like she has in films like "Primal Fear," "The Mothman Prophecies", and her current success, "Mystic River."
Dylan Walsh---capitalizing on his youthful face, those wonderfully curly locks, and his compact yet rugged physique, Walsh brings a macho sincerity to his role, and underplays his manliness in fine fettle. Should see more of him in meatier roles. (He did a fine supporting turn in "Blood Work.")

Tim Curry--oh, you should be so ashamed at how awful you are in this movie. The accent is like Boris Badenov! Tsk, tsk...
Ernie Hudson---looked like a thin man's version of Barry White, and even affected at times a British accent. I still remember you from "Ghostbusters" and the delightfully hammy "Hand That Rocks the Cradle."
Joe Don Baker--still "Walking Tall" after all these years. Never accused of being an actor, he is still a presence.
"Evil Dead's" Bruce Campbell gets a brief cameo in the beginning, and manages to come across as the stultified hero once again. Watch for Joe Pantoliano and John Hawkes in brief roles.
The music by Jerry Goldsmith is beautiful as is the African vistas.
It's not a great movie, but is a fun one. My favorite scene: Dylan Walsh wakes up and finds something on his body and goes out and asks someone to take it off. It's a leech, and when Lauras Linney volunteers, you can see that boyish naivete come to fore!
Fun.

Talk about things on the endangered species list, what about the good old-fashioned "B" movie? You remember, the type of movie you would go see on a Saturday afternoon where the faces of the actors are more memorable than their names, nobody seems overly concerned about the gapping holes in the plot, and there is a thrilling climax. It is hard to find a good "B" movie nowadays ("good" being a relative if not totally ironic term), but "Congo" sure fits the bill.

First, look at the cast. Laura Linney as Dr. Karen Ross has the most impressive body of work in film, but she is certainly the most atypical "heroine" to be seen in an action film for a while (Her secret? The good doctor knows how to pack for every occasion). I am sure I have seen Dylan Walsh, who plays Dr. Peter Elliot, in something else, but I cannot name you the film. Ernie Hudson as "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly is still probably best known as the non-comedian Ghostbuster, and Tim Curry gets to engage in monumental exaggerated acting as Herkermer Homolka the fortune hunter. Actually, it is Curry's performance alone that should key you in to the fact you are not supposed to take this film seriously (although I am sure Michael Crichton's novel was probably not this comic).

The plot has to try and keep up with the four different agendas of these main characters. Dr. Ross wants to find out what happened to her ex-fiancé, who disappeared in the jungle. Dr. Elliot wants to return Amy, a domesticated gorilla he has talk to "speak" using sign language and sophisticated technology, to her home in the jungle. Homolka is looking for the lost diamond mine of King Solomon, which is located somewhere in the jungle. Meanwhile, Mr. Kelly just wants to get everybody out of the jungle alive. The payoff for all these plot lines is a climax in which about a half-dozen independently unbelievable things happen within the space of about five minutes to allow some of our heroes to survive. At that point, plot holes seem the least of your problems as a viewer.

"Congo" is also one of those movies where you can have fun recognizing bits and pieces of your favorite movies crammed here and there into this one (e.g., the sentinel guns from "Aliens"). There is even one of those scenes where everybody starts singing a song together that has been popping up in so many films lately. This is a movie where that thing on top of your shoulder is there for the sole purpose of having a place to put your popcorn, because this is not a thinking person's film. Every once in a while you need to see a "B" movie and "Congo" fits the bill by that standard. If you were expecting a great film, then you are just going to be bitterly disappointed. But if you are sitting in bed going through one box of tissues after another, a film like this is just what the doctor ordered.

Reminiscent of those Saturday matinee serials, Congo is an adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley. I have read the book before and it's quite different from the film. Many regard this as the worst film adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel but I don't think so. Marshall seemed to be heading for trashy fun when he directed the film and that's exactly what the audience gets.

The plot begins with promise. An expedition in the virunga region of the Congo travel to Mount Mukenko in search of a diamond that will enhance a large company called Travicom. However the entire group is slaughtered by what seems to be a gorilla. Now, a group led by Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), and Karen Ross (Laura Linney) head to the Congo to renew the search for the diamond and find out what happened to the other expedition.

While Crichton's novel was full of nail-biting tension, Marshall and Stanley go more for the light-hearted and offer some moments of humor. That's not to say there's no tension. There's plenty of it in the last half hour of the film not to mention a bit of gory violence that involves a thrown decaptitated head.

The action sequences aren't bad. They aren't up to par with Indiana Jones but they still maintain excitement and tension. The performances in this film are borderline camp. None of the actors are ever really serious until they encounter the killer apes that created the original expedition massacre.

For a film that was clearly disliked by audiences and critics (although Roger Ebert found it to be good trash) it certainly did well at the box office. If you haven't seen this film I would say to watch it expecting a fun action/adventure that's not to be taken seriously.

Director Frank Marshall obviously didn't want us to take this movie seriously. "Congo" is one of those "B" movies from the fifties where you went to the matinee, stayed all day for the double feature, threw popcorn at your friends or enemies, and occasionally ate candy off the floor. Oh, yes, and you'd watch the movie during the good parts. This movie is so unabashedly "bad", it's good!
Laura Linney---oh, the work of this fine young actress. The Oscar-nominated actress (You Can Count on Me) brings life to her role as the stuffy computer girl, just like she has in films like "Primal Fear," "The Mothman Prophecies", and her current success, "Mystic River."
Dylan Walsh---capitalizing on his youthful face, those wonderfully curly locks, and his compact yet rugged physique, Walsh brings a macho sincerity to his role, and underplays his manliness in fine fettle. Should see more of him in meatier roles. (He did a fine supporting turn in "Blood Work.")

Tim Curry--oh, you should be so ashamed at how awful you are in this movie. The accent is like Boris Badenov! Tsk, tsk...
Ernie Hudson---looked like a thin man's version of Barry White, and even affected at times a British accent. I still remember you from "Ghostbusters" and the delightfully hammy "Hand That Rocks the Cradle."
Joe Don Baker--still "Walking Tall" after all these years. Never accused of being an actor, he is still a presence.
"Evil Dead's" Bruce Campbell gets a brief cameo in the beginning, and manages to come across as the stultified hero once again. Watch for Joe Pantoliano and John Hawkes in brief roles.
The music by Jerry Goldsmith is beautiful as is the African vistas.
It's not a great movie, but is a fun one. My favorite scene: Dylan Walsh wakes up and finds something on his body and goes out and asks someone to take it off. It's a leech, and when Lauras Linney volunteers, you can see that boyish naivete come to fore!
Fun.